1064 Aethusa

1064 Aethusa
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date2 August 1926
Designations
(1064) Aethusa
Pronunciation/iːˈθjuːsə/[2]
Named after
Aethusa cynapium
(fool's parsley)[3]
1926 PA · 1962 HF
main-belt · (middle)
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc90.66 yr (33,112 days)
Aphelion2.9930 AU
Perihelion2.0917 AU
2.5424 AU
Eccentricity0.1773
4.05 yr (1,481 days)
165.59°
0° 14m 35.16s / day
Inclination9.5020°
280.57°
20.515°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions17.42±3.60 km[4]
18.56 km (derived)[5]
18.66±0.9 km[6]
19.77±0.36 km[7]
20.007±0.173 km[8]
22.377±0.131 km[9]
25.361±4.376 km[10]
8.621±0.004 h[11][a]
12.916±0.002 h[12]
0.160±0.087[10]
0.2282±0.0133[9]
0.27±0.12[4]
0.278±0.046[8]
0.288±0.012[7]
0.2952 (derived)[5]
0.3202±0.034[6]
S[5]
10.50[6][7][9][10] · 10.6[1][5] · 10.75±0.20[13] · 10.88[4]

1064 Aethusa, provisional designation 1926 PA, is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 2 August 1926, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany.[14] The asteroid was named after the plant Aethusa cynapium (fool's parsley).[3]

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